What is another word for startling?
358 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ stˈɑːtlɪŋ], [ stˈɑːtlɪŋ], [ s_t_ˈɑː_t__l_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for startling:
- alarming (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- amazing (adjective)
- astonishing (adjective)
- astounding (adjective)
- different (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- dramatic (adjective)
- frightful (adjective)
- histrionical (adjective)
- lurid (adjective)
- mind-boggling (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- prodigious (adjective)
- rude (adjective)
- striking (adjective)
- surprising (adjective)
- uncommon (adjective)
- unexpected (adjective)
- unforeseen (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- wonderful (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- alarming (verb)
- surprising (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Startling:
adj.
• alarming (adjective) • all (adjective) • amazing (adjective) • astonishing (adjective)- most bewildering,
- most stupefying,
- extra-ordinary,
- more bewildering,
- be wildering,
- impressive,
- more stupefying,
- be-wildering.
- over whelming,
- over-whelming,
- mindblowing,
- more confounding,
- eyepopping,
- eye popping,
- most confounding,
- mind blowing.
- more vexing,
- in convenient,
- most discommoding,
- dis comforting,
- more impeding,
- more discommoding,
- dis-concerting,
- de-pressing,
- embarrassing,
- more troubling,
- most aggravating,
- de pressing,
- dis-comforting,
- dis-maying,
- most discomposing,
- more foreboding,
- more aggravating,
- dis concerting,
- dis maying,
- more discomforting,
- most foreboding,
- troubling,
- dis-composing,
- Harassing,
- most discomforting,
- more dismaying,
- impeding,
- in-convenient,
- fore-boding,
- most dismaying,
- most harassing,
- fore boding,
- more disconcerting,
- most vexing,
- most agitating,
- dis-agreeable,
- dis agreeable,
- most disconcerting,
- most troubling,
- dis composing,
- most impeding,
- more harassing,
- more discomposing,
- more agitating.
- most low-down,
- more low down,
- more lowdown,
- low down,
- most horrifying,
- most low down,
- most lowdown,
- off color,
- offcolor,
- more horrifying,
- more low-down,
- dis gusting,
- dis-gusting.
- Unprecise,
- Arrestive,
- extra ordinary,
- troublous,
- lurid,
- The,
- unlooked-for,
- unheard of,
- upsetting,
- not bargained for,
- uncustomary,
- uncalculated,
- mind-boggling,
- fab,
- unlooked for,
- out-of-this-world,
- striking,
- lowdown,
- wonderful,
- imprecise,
- low-down,
- different,
- uncommon,
- alarming,
- in the ballpark,
- out-standing,
- disturbing,
- prodigious,
- surprising,
- dramatic,
- unsettling,
- not in the cards,
- perturbing,
- rude.
- most out of this world,
- un-real,
- fabbest,
- more out of this world,
- more out-of-this-world,
- fabber,
- most out-of-this-world.
- un pleasant,
- more unprecise,
- un-precise,
- un precise,
- most imprecise,
- more guessed,
- more surmised,
- most guessed,
- most surmised,
- in ballpark,
- most unprecise,
- un-pleasant.
- most arrestive,
- out standing,
- eyecatching,
- more arrestive,
- more dynamite,
- eye catching,
- most dynamite.
- un familiar,
- more seldom,
- un-familiar,
- most outre,
- few,
- most seldom,
- out of way,
- in frequent,
- out way,
- un common,
- more outre,
- un-commoner,
- un customary,
- un-commonest,
- un commonest,
- in-frequent,
- un commoner,
- un-customary,
- most uncustomary,
- out the way,
- un-common,
- more uncustomary,
- un-accustomed,
- un accustomed.
- not in cards,
- un-expected,
- more unlooked-for,
- most payback,
- unlookedfor,
- most unlooked for,
- not cards,
- more unlookedfor,
- un heralded,
- not the cards,
- un expected,
- more unlooked for,
- un-heralded,
- most unlookedfor,
- most unlooked-for,
- more payback.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• alarming (verb) • surprising (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words: • Other relevant words (noun):- terrifying,
- noticeable,
- starting,
- mind-blowing,
- dazzling,
- deterrent,
- Derailing,
- unannounced,
- effective,
- rapid,
- hair-raising,
- spooky,
- swift,
- bounding,
- jumping,
- horrifying,
- fearful,
- rousing,
- disheartening,
- speedy,
- marvellous,
- blindsiding,
- miraculous,
- dumfounding,
- precipitate,
- chilling,
- departing,
- appalling,
- disconcerting,
- petrifying,
- galvanising,
- spectacular,
- Boggling,
- breathtaking,
- undreamt of,
- surprise,
- alternating,
- vivid,
- unnerving,
- parting,
- flabbergasting,
- Wincing,
- Skipping,
- harrowing,
- numbing,
- unsought,
- graphic,
- dreadful,
- catch out,
- fearsome,
- complete,
- major,
- intimidating,
- immediate,
- wondrous,
- hasty,
- awesome,
- exceptional,
- quick,
- frightful,
- moving,
- offsetting,
- overhear,
- fabulous,
- catch,
- overtake,
- melodramatic,
- jaw-dropping,
- undreamed of,
- precipitous,
- Deterring,
- headlong,
- confounding,
- Shying,
- unwonted,
- strange,
- jerking,
- startle,
- amaze,
- disquieting,
- abrupt,
- bypassing,
- Overawing,
- chance,
- overwhelming,
- noteworthy,
- radical,
- stupefying,
- daunting,
- scary,
- brisk,
- dire,
- unconventional,
- marked,
- impetuous,
- distressing,
- startled,
- electrifying,
- unpredicted,
- Initiating,
- amazing,
- instantaneous,
- notable,
- be afraid,
- impulsive,
- threatening,
- fortuitous,
- formidable,
- jarring,
- frighten,
- awing,
- bewildering,
- Commencing,
- dumbfounding,
- precipitant,
- Originating,
- discouraging,
- fantastic,
- considerable,
- unusual,
- rash.
How to use "Startling" in context?
When one thinks of the word "startling," the images that usually come to mind are ones of sudden, shocking violence. Fireworks going off in a crowded night sky, for example, or a crashing car full of screaming people. These are all events that can be startling, and can leave us feeling physically unsettled.
But what about something that takes place in the abstract? Something that doesn't involve physical contact at all?
An example of this kind of startling event is a mathematical theorem that is seemingly paradoxical.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
amazing, astonishing, astounding, remarkable, staggering, striking, surprising.
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Independent
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Adjective
alarmist, awesome, chilling, disquieting, dramatic, extraordinary, horrifying, impressive, intimidating, miraculous, odd, outstanding, overwhelming, phenomenal, puzzling, stark, surprised, troubling, unbelievable, uncanny, unexpected, unusual, worrisome, worrying, jaw-dropping.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
jumping.
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Other Related
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Adjective
alarming, appalling, breathtaking, daunting, distressing, disturbing, frightening, frightful, incredible, ostentatious, perplexing, scary, sensational, shocking, spectacular, strange, stunning, terrifying.
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